Ames Research Center
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Ames Research Center is a major NASA research facility in California known for its contributions to aeronautics, space exploration, and advanced computing technologies.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T298 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ames Research Center Context triple: [Douglas Engelbart, employer, Ames Research Center]
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Lincoln Laboratory
Lincoln Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center operated by MIT that focuses on advanced technology for national security and defense.
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Stanford Research Institute
Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) is a prominent independent nonprofit research and innovation center known for pioneering advances in computing, artificial intelligence, and other cutting-edge technologies.
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National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is an independent U.S. government agency that funds and promotes fundamental research and education in all non-medical fields of science and engineering.
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Carnegie Institution of Washington
The Carnegie Institution of Washington is a private, nonprofit scientific research organization founded by Andrew Carnegie that supports advanced research across fields such as astronomy, biology, and earth sciences.
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Office of Naval Research
The Office of Naval Research is a U.S. government agency that coordinates, executes, and promotes science and technology programs for the United States Navy and Marine Corps.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ames Research Center Target entity description: Ames Research Center is a major NASA research facility in California known for its contributions to aeronautics, space exploration, and advanced computing technologies.
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A.
Lincoln Laboratory
Lincoln Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center operated by MIT that focuses on advanced technology for national security and defense.
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Stanford Research Institute
Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) is a prominent independent nonprofit research and innovation center known for pioneering advances in computing, artificial intelligence, and other cutting-edge technologies.
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National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is an independent U.S. government agency that funds and promotes fundamental research and education in all non-medical fields of science and engineering.
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Carnegie Institution of Washington
The Carnegie Institution of Washington is a private, nonprofit scientific research organization founded by Andrew Carnegie that supports advanced research across fields such as astronomy, biology, and earth sciences.
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Office of Naval Research
The Office of Naval Research is a U.S. government agency that coordinates, executes, and promotes science and technology programs for the United States Navy and Marine Corps.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA field center
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research facility ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith |
Ames Research Center
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surface form:
NASA Ames Exploration Center (visitor center)
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| contributedTo |
Apollo program heat shield testing
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Kepler space telescope data analysis ⓘ Mars Science Laboratory entry, descent, and landing modeling ⓘ Orion spacecraft thermal protection system development ⓘ SOFIA airborne observatory operations ⓘ Space Shuttle thermal protection system research ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employs |
engineers
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scientists ⓘ technicians ⓘ |
| establishedIn | 1939 ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
advanced computing
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aeronautics research ⓘ air traffic management ⓘ astrobiology ⓘ entry, descent, and landing technologies ⓘ robotics ⓘ small spacecraft technologies ⓘ space exploration ⓘ supercomputing ⓘ thermal protection systems ⓘ |
| formerName |
Ames Research Center
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surface form:
Ames Aeronautical Laboratory
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| hasFacility |
Ames Research Center 40-by-80-Foot Wind Tunnel
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Ames Research Center 80-by-120-Foot Wind Tunnel ⓘ Ames Research Center self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Arc Jet Complex
Ames Research Center self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division
Pleiades supercomputer ⓘ Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel ⓘ Vertical Motion Simulator ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
Kepler mission science operations
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Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission support ⓘ NASA Astrobiology Institute (historical headquarters) ⓘ SOFIA science operations ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Moffett Field, California
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Santa Clara County ⓘ
surface form:
Santa Clara County, California
Silicon Valley ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Joseph Sweetman Ames ⓘ |
| near |
Mountain View
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surface form:
Mountain View, California
Sunnyvale ⓘ
surface form:
Sunnyvale, California
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| operatedBy |
NASA
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surface form:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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| ownedBy |
NASA
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surface form:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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| partOf | NASA ⓘ |
| region |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| specializesIn |
air traffic management research
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computational fluid dynamics ⓘ human factors research ⓘ simulation and modeling ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ames Research Center Description of subject: Ames Research Center is a major NASA research facility in California known for its contributions to aeronautics, space exploration, and advanced computing technologies.
Referenced by (57)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Ames Aeronautical Laboratory
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Ames Aeronautical Laboratory
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NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division
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Arc Jet Complex
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NASA Ames Exploration Center (visitor center)
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NASA Ames Research Center
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Pleiades
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NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division
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Pleiades
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NASA Ames Research Center
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Pleiades
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NASA Ames Research Center
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Pleiades
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NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division
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NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA Ames Research Center facilities
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NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA Ames Research Center
NASA Astrobiology Institute (historical headquarters)
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NASA Astrobiology Institute
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NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA Ames Research Center campus
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NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA Ames Research Center (nearby at Moffett Field)
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Silicon Valley campus at NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA facilities in California
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Moffett Federal Airfield
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NASA Ames Research Center
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Moffett Federal Airfield
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NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA Ames Research Center (nearby at Moffett Field)
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NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA Ames Research Center
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Ames Research Center campus
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NASA Ames Research Center main facilities
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Gravity Probe B
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NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA Ames Research Center